Dexamethasone suppression test by measuring spot urinary free cortisol in depression

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 220-222

  Tomitaka, Shin Ichiro ^b   Sakamoto, Kaoru ^c   Tamura, Atuko ^c   Kojima, Itaru ^c   Fujita, Hiroko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Depression; Dexamethasone; Urinary free cortisol

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE;

EID: 0030071582     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00375-4     Document Type: Article

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